5 Things To Know This AM

Don't flee the city this Memorial Day Weekend. From a David Lynch film retrospective to a free Benefit eyebrow waxing, take a peek at why you should change your plans to a staycation. (HuffPo LA)

Get crafty with a workshop that'll have you turning your old T-shirts into some self-thrifted new threads. (LA I'm Yours)

In her latest style incarnation, Rihanna has started rocking dreadlocks, debuting the new 'do on American Idol this week. (People)

"The Great Gatsby" trailer might be setting cinemaphiles' hearts aflutter, but fans of the original book need to check out a newly discovered telegram — complete with personal sketches — between F. Scott Fitzgerald and his wife Zelda. (Jezebel)

There are just some people we want to be best friends with: say, Kathleen Hanna or, the ultimate, Ilona Royce Smithkin. It's safe to say author and auteur Miranda July is one of those people. Here's why. read

Los Angeles deserves a round of applause this morning, because we’re this close to officially winning over another New York-based celeb. TMZ reports that Girls creator and star Lena Dunham has thrown down nearly $2.7 million on a beautiful home just south of the Sunset Strip. We spoke with Dunham’s real estate agent read